What's the difference between heterophony and homophony?

Heterophony


Definition:

  • (n.) An abnormal state of the voice.

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Homophony


Definition:

  • (n.) Sameness of sound.
  • (n.) Sameness of sound; unison.
  • (n.) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The difference between word and nonword processing was shown by manipulations of the visual similarity and the homophony between stimuli presented successively.
  • (2) Visual similarity affected both words and nonwords, whereas homophony affected words only.

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